Remote Learning Resources - Updated for Fall 2020

Resources are updated and posted regularly. Please check back often. Last updated on 10/5/2020.

Note about items marked At Home Learning: Families and educators with limited access to the internet and a printer may visit these links and print activities and materials for At Home Learning packets.

Advanced Placement

• Macro Learning - resources for AP^® students, their parents, and teachers

Art and Music

• Art at Home - Includes contests, virtual museum tours, art games, digital art, art education and art at home tutorials
• Free Online Art Lessons for Kids and Adults -Classes begin on Monday 3/16
• Harptoons Publishing - Live drawing class every day at 2:00 pm eastern standard time 
• Metropolitan Opera - Each day, a different encore presentation from the company's Live in HD series is being ade available for free streaming
• Music is For Everybody - Chrome Music Lab
• Musicians of the Toronto Symphony Appalachian Spring - Musicians from the orchestra performance from their homes
• The Ultimate List of Online Music Education Games - an extensive list of music resources that include aural training, composers, compositions, musical instruments, notation, symbols and vocabulary, and variety

Educational Activities

• 10 Craft Ideas Using Rocks to Have Fun While Staying Home - Tips and Crafts
• At Home Learning: 25 Ways to Learn at Home with Lego - Elementary/Primary Grades
• At Home Learning: 50 Plus Easy Indoor Activities for Kids - Hello Wonderful
• At Home Learning: 75+ Entertaining and Educational Activities for When You're Stuck Indoors - Learn in Color
• At Home Learning: 150+ Enrichment Activities for Children While Parents are Working Remotely (Google Doc with lots of ideas for enrichment - some more applicable than others) 
• Carmen Sandiego Videos, Stories, and Lessons for All Subject Areas
• At Home Learning: Crafts, Activities, Mazes, Dot to Dot and More - All Kids Network
• Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own - Super Charged School
• At Home Learning: Disney Coloring Pages for Kids - Over 1000 free Disney coloring pages
• Educational Games - Breakout EDU Fun at Home
• At Home Learning: Fun Games, Recipes, Crafts and Activities - Highlights Kids
• At Home Learning: Indoor Activities for Busy Toddlers
• At Home Learning: Nomster Chef - Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science
• At Home Learning: Printable Worksheets From Toddlers to Teens - 123 4 Me Homeschool
• San Diego Zoo - Videos, activities, and games

English Language Arts

• At Home Learning: 50 Writing Prompts for All Grade Levels - Edutopia
• At Home Learning: Grammar Practice for Middle Grades - Classroom Cereal
• Math and Language Games - Academics

English Language Learners

• Headsprout - an evidence-based, online reading program that includes English learners 

Family Engagement

• Notes from the Backpack - Center of Family Engagement National PTA Initiative

Foreign Language

• Chinese Learning Activities - Chalk Academy
• Foreign Language Gaming Activities - Duolingo

General Resources

• At Home Learning: 3 Weeks of Maker Stations- Each challenge includes simple instructions using materials around the house, QR code video resources, and a student recording sheet.
• Amazing Educational Resources - Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings
• Audible is Offering Free Audio Books During School Closures
• Big List of Podcasts for Little Kids - for children ages 2-6
• Educational Videos - Izzit - Educational videos for all levels and subjects
• INFOhio, the state's repository of PK-12 digital learning tools. Includes thousands of free resources categorized by subject and grade.  There is also a category for Beginning Readers and Career Exploration and Planning.
• Khan Academy Schedules for School Closures - Free Academic Courses for PK-12
• Kids' Online Educational Resources - From crowdsourced data on over 2M users, covers which platforms to select based on your kids' needs, pricing or free services, the suitable age range and fun virtual activities. Sitejabber is a consumer protection website developed in part by a grant from the U.S. Government’s National Science Foundation with a mission of increasing online transparency.
• Learn in Color - blog site listing hundreds of online resources
• At Home Learning: Learning Resources for Kids Home from School - Site includes many resources for learning including apps for the phone.
• At Home Learning: PBS PreK-12 digital media service with more than 30,000 learning materials - Beginning Monday, March 30, Ohio’s eight PBS stations will air grade-level appropriate, standards-based programs for students. Check your local listings for the full schedule. The educational teams at each station will provide additional resources related to the new programming schedule.
• Resources for Educators, Parents, and Students - AFT ShareMyLessonAt Home Learning: Scholastic Learn at Home - Cross-curricular learning activities for PreK- Middle School 
• At Home Learning: Scholastic Remote Learning - Downloadable PDF
• School House Rock TV1
• At Home Learning: Sites for Families to use While School is Closed - Includes sites for screen-free activity ideas
• Walt Disney Imagineering Partners With Khan Academy to Bring You 'Imagineering in a Box' - a series of 32 videos in which Imagineers share how they use a wide range of skills – from story development and conceptual design to math, physics, and engineering – to create immersive experiences. The online curriculum aims to ignite curiosity, inspire creativity, and encourage innovation in the minds of students and teachers alike while creating fun and engaging opportunities to explore new concepts.
• YouTube Channels for Elementary Students

Gifted Instruction

• Gifted Resources and Links for GISs and Parents - Ohio Association for Gifted Children

History and Social Studies

• 13.8 Billion Years of History. Free. Online. Awesome - Big History Project
• Science, Math, Social Studies - CK12

Math

• 60+ Awesome Websites for Teaching and Learning Math - We Are Teachers
• At Home Learning: Bedtime Math - exercises to help kids love numbers so they can handle math in real life
• DeltaMath - Range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus 
• Geometry - CanFigureIt Geometry
• Happy Numbers - Free online math instruction
• At Home Learning: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Math - Math videos with lessons, real-life uses of math, famous actors
• Math and Language Games - Arcademics
• Math Score - Math Practice from counting to algebra and geometry
• Math Zone - Funbrain
• Reading and Math Games - ABCya - Games categorized by Common Core Standards, grades, and subject
• Science, Math, Social Studies - CK12
• Transforming Math with Engagement - Boddle Learning, Elementary math through grade 6

Parent Resources

• At Home Learning: How Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Can Help Kids with COVID-19 Questions & Concerns
• How to Set Up Zoom for Parents and Students - Scattered Solutions
• At Home Learning: Making the Most of COVID-19 School Closures - Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children and Adolescents 
• The Parents' Guide to Google Classroom

Physical and Movement

• At Home Learning: 8 Indoor Activities to Release Kids' Energy - PBS for Parents
• At Home Learning: Go Noodle - Games to keep kids active while learning, encouraging movement and mindfulness. 
• At Home Learning: Little Twisters Yoga & Emotional Wellness - All lesson plans and activity cards for at-home kids yoga and mindfulness lesson plans are free at this time.

Reading

• 19 Webcomics to Keep Kids and Teens Engaged - School Library Journal
• At Home Learning: Dog on a Log Books - Printables and activities for phonics and reading all using evidence-based methods   
• How to Use YouTube Video Essays in the Classroom - KQED Mindshift
• Into the Book - Reading Comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers - PBS Wisconsin Education
• At Home Learning: Junie B. Jones Printables and Activities - Brightly 
• Reading Games - Funbrain
• Reading and Math Games - ABCya - Games categorized by Common Core Standards, grades, and subjects
• Really Great Reading - offering the following free resources: professional development webinars, games, activities, and toolkits for parents and teachers
• Seusville - Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss
• Starfall - Reading instruction with an emphasis in phonics
• Storyline Online -streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations
• Story Time Resources - Poudre Libraries

Science

• At Home Learning: 14 Science Experiments for Kids - Milwaukee with Kids
• 50 Species and the Sounds of Birds - AAA State of Play
• At Home Learning: 77 Simple STEM Activities for Families - Chris Woods @ dailySTEM
• K-5 Science Lessons - Mystery Science
• Access Mars - 3D Replica of the Martian surface, exactly as it was recorded by the Curiosity rover
• Biology Simulations - Biology Simulations helps students to learn about biology and practice data analysis skills
• Chemistry - PlayMada Games
• Early Childhood Science Projects - Great Lakes Learning - Each early childhood video features a book read by a Science Center team member, followed by an experiment families can try at home featuring common household items. 
• Everyday Earth - Earth Science - Online interactive Earth Science lessons.  Aimed at grades 4-6.
• At Home Learning: Geography and Animals - Kids National Geographic
• Hands-on Elementary Science Videos - Backpack Sciences
• High School Chemistry - American Association of Chemistry Teachers
• At Home Learning: Learning at Home With Bugs - Entomology Today
• Science Curriculum Available For Parents During School Closures - Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program
• At Home Learning: Science and Cooking Experiments to do at Home - ClubSciKidz 
• Science, Math, Social Studies - CK12
• At Home Learning: Science Projects with Cardboard Tubes
• Story Time From Space - Story Time from Space is a project of the Global Space Education Foundation. While in space, astronauts videotape themselves reading books to the children of Earth. 
• Science Time From Space - Understanding basic science concepts is key to enjoying STEM and the world around you. Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have conducted experiments to explore some basic science concepts. Use the arrow beside the Science Time Video Tab to access the videos.
• Switch Zoo Animal Games - Teachers' Resources

Social-Emotional

• At Home Learning: Little Twisters Yoga & Emotional Wellness - All lesson plans and activity cards for at-home kids yoga and mindfulness lesson plans are free at this time.
• At Home Learning: Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - The show follows the adventures of Xavier Riddle, his sister Yadina, and their friend Brad as they travel back in time to meet real-life historical figures when they were kids. Use these video clips, teaching tips, and historical figure bio sketches to support students’ social-emotional, literacy, and social studies skills.

Students with Special Needs

• At Home Learning: A Simple Autism Support Guide - Instructional ABA Consultants
• Chrome Alt Achieve - Chrome Extensions for Struggling Students and Special Needs
• Handy Chart Featuring over 30 iPad Apps for Students with Special Needs - Posted in 2016 by Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. Many of the apps are still available.
• At Home Learning: Special Needs Parenting in the Age of Pandemic - Article by Sean Patrick Hughes
• Speech Therapy Videos - Peachie Speechie

Virtual Field Trips

• 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tour - Travel & Leisure (variety of art, history and science museums with virtual tours)
• 20 Virtual Field Trips to Take with Your Kids - Adventures in Familyhood 
• 31 National Parks - Google Earth
• 75 Best Virtual Museum Tours - details on each museum as well as information on how to do the virtual tour.
• Disney Virtual Rides - Take your kids on numerous virtual rides at Disney World and Disney Land
• Farm Food 360 - Virtual tours of dairy farms, grain farms, sheep farms, mink farms, egg farms, feed mill, oat farm, apple orchard, and pig farm.
• Farm Fun with Famer Katie - American Dairy Association - Five-part video series
• Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings - Virtual tour of 12 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
• Over 30 Virtual Field Trips with Links
• Virtual Field Trips - Freedom Home Schooling    

Virtual Teaching Tips

• 7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closures - Edutopia
• 14 Tips for Helping Students With Limited Internet -KQED Mind/Shift
• At Home Learning: 35 Activities to Keep Kids Busy While You Work or Study - DeVry University
• ClickSchooling - Receive 1 free, web-based curriculum idea every day - Monday through Saturday
• Free Online Learning Resources for Teaching Your Students Virtually - We Are Teachers
• How to Teach Remotely with a Google Slides Hyperdoc - New EdTech Classroom
• Resources & Tips for Remote Education During School Closures - THE Journal
• Scholastic Remote Learning - Downloadable PDF
• SelfCAD - fully featured, fully integrated, user-friendly, online 3d modeling application.
• Teachers Essential Guide to Google Classroom - Common Sense Education